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KATHERINE MAGNUSON

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Raw average: 3.33/5 from 9 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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What students say

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SW711 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
Katherine assigns a lot of reading, but her exams are not too difficult and her grading is on the easy side.
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SW711 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
There is a high reading requirement, but Katherine is smoking hot which makes lectures extremely enjoyable.
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SW711 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 1/5
She is extremely snippy with students, and acts very condescending. She did not appear to have a firm grasp of the material, and had difficulty answering students' questions much of the time. When she did, she was often unclear.
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SW01 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
She sometimes rubbed me the wrong way, but she wasn't a bad teacher by any means. I didn't think her a fair grader, but if you were on her good side, you had no problems earning a good grade.
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SOC 206
Quality 3/5Difficulty 3/5
decent. i was away from an A by .01, didnt give it to me. can be rude sometimes. but knowledgable.
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SOCIALWORK206 · course not matched
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Not a bad class at all...did not like her at all at first but then I got to really like her. She is actually a really nice person. The tests aren't too hard and the mutiple choice questions weren't hard either....all you have to do is study people!
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Classes with KATHERINE MAGNUSON

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2026SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2025SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2025SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2025SOCWORK 457Human Behavior and the Environment
Spring 2025SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2024SOCWORK 920Child, Youth, and Family Policies and Services
Fall 2024SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2024SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2024SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2024SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2024SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2023SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2023SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2023SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2023SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2022SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2022SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2022SOCWORK 682Senior Honors Thesis
Spring 2022SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2022SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2021SOCWORK 681Senior Honors Thesis
Fall 2021SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Fall 2021SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2021SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2020SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2020SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2020SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2020SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2019SOCWORK 799Independent Study
Fall 2019SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2019SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2018SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2018SOCWORK 947Student Research Seminar
Spring 2018SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2018SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2017SOCWORK 946Faculty Research Seminar
Fall 2017SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Fall 2017SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2017SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2017SOCWORK 952Phd Proseminar
Spring 2017SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2016SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2016SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2016SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2016SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2016SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2016SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2015SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2015SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2015SOCWORK 952Phd Proseminar
Spring 2015SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2015SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2014SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2014SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2014SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2014CNSRSCI 901Graduate Special Topics in Consumer Science
Spring 2014SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2014SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2014SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2013SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2013SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2013SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2012SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2012SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2012SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2012SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2012SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2011SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2011SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2010SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2010SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2010CNSRSCI 901Graduate Special Topics in Consumer Science
Spring 2010PUBAFFR 974Topics in Public Affairs
Spring 2010SOCWORK 699Directed Study
Spring 2010SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2010SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2009SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2009SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2009CNSRSCI 901Graduate Special Topics in Consumer Science
Spring 2009PUBAFFR 974Topics in Public Affairs
Spring 2009SOCWORK 948Proseminar
Spring 2009SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2009SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2008SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment
Fall 2008SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Fall 2008SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Spring 2008SOCWORK 699Directed Study
Spring 2008SOCWORK 990Thesis-research
Spring 2008SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2007SOCWORK 999Independent Reading
Fall 2006SOCWORK 711Human Behavior and the Environment

Teaching history may be incomplete. Course pages contain course-specific feedback and citations.

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